Benevenuta remembers, just one single solitary moment later than she ought, to drop her gaze as if properly intimidated. (Odette Eddington doesn't so calmly or confidently stare down pirate captains-- at least not yet.)
Irene is and is not what she expected, once she'd realized which captain had taken her bait; it's almost disappointing to find her exactly what she might have hoped, when so much of her plan hinges on putting Irene's somewhat awry. She wouldn't have minded spending a bit of time as crew once she's done - that would be an adventure, to remake herself in Irene Adler's image - but she doesn't imagine she'll be welcome, after wasting their time to what she expects will be little profit. She has every respect for this woman's achievements--
--but she wouldn't be who and what she is if she couldn't regretfully set that respect aside and prioritize, always, her own agenda as it serves the higher cause of the Nahashi.
THANK GOD also hi i'm late
Irene is and is not what she expected, once she'd realized which captain had taken her bait; it's almost disappointing to find her exactly what she might have hoped, when so much of her plan hinges on putting Irene's somewhat awry. She wouldn't have minded spending a bit of time as crew once she's done - that would be an adventure, to remake herself in Irene Adler's image - but she doesn't imagine she'll be welcome, after wasting their time to what she expects will be little profit. She has every respect for this woman's achievements--
--but she wouldn't be who and what she is if she couldn't regretfully set that respect aside and prioritize, always, her own agenda as it serves the higher cause of the Nahashi.
“Non.”
(She still should have looked away sooner.)